An Evening to Remember !!!

Year-- 2003

[ Three kids , exiting their tuition classes, located in a household on the 4th floor of building , situated in their locality itself, running down the staircases of the building , trying to catch up with each others' pace , laughing loudly , discussing some random things about their futures .]

The kid with the funniest and smelliest nickname , says " Saave , we all three will go abroad when we grow up . I will go to US , U go to Uk and Appa will go to Uganda . " With this, all three of them , break into laughter . Innocence was all over in those words , dreams also a part of those , truth was what awaiting them.

Years passed by, came various hurdles ... SSC , HSC, CET , Engg. , the journey was the same , the paths were different but they cleared it all along . Two of them then tried for their dream , cleared the GRE n TOEFL exams , got their VISAs approved and are , now set to fly off to the US of A in the first week of Aug.

Let me introduce U to the trio mentioned here ... Its M (Saave) , Sushant(Sushi) and Omkar(Appa) . Buddies since 4th Std and forever since then. It must have been 4-5 years since we trio last partied together . Different colleges , different groups , school group getting dispersed , it was only the contact and communication which kept us bonded in these years.

A thought of celebrating both's journey till now was constantly playing in our minds , but the whole process of admission and VISA kept it delaying, till finally ,we planned and we finalized .

The evening could not have started worst for Appa , and in the most funny way for Su n M. Myself and Su got in a train , which we assumed was a slow train , because of it's arrival at slow platform . Appa was about to catch the same train from Mulund , which we then realized was a semi-fast local . And this left Appa fuming , of travelling all alone till CST in a packed train . 

We met an angry young Appa at the CST station, who on arriving ,started  "Now Su is going to pay for the party . I do not know anything. " This got Sushi under pressure :P . We then took a cab to the Bade Miyan Restaurant , which was where my stomach was going to get full,  and Appa 's wallet was going to get empty.:P

However , it was still around 7pm and we opted for a walk by the Taj and Gateway . Sun started setting in , the crowd kept pouring in , the streetlights along the Taj started to glow in the darkness spreading around , Taj too was getting into it's own evening mood . 

The clock hands struck 8o'clock pose and we started to turn towards Bade Miyan . The walk had already got the ' pett me ke chuhe' to run faster now and the aroma of the kebabs had already got me tempting for more .

The dinner was super awesome . M and Appa , non veg lovers , had Chicken tikka, Chicken bhuna , Chicken Seekh kebabs, Reshmi Chicken tikkas , and Chicken baida Roti , while Sushi opten for Veg food :P .

The taste of the chicken and those kebabs !!! Total Heaven :D

A heavy dinner like this , had to be followed by a walk , and for this , no place in Mumbai can be more awesome than the Marine drive . A short walk , and we settled down to chit chat over some interesting issues and matters .  I was interrupted by a call from one of my friends , and back was Sushi to his school day habits , hitting my head 4-5 times ,while on the call (no need to tell it was from a girl , for sushi to behave likethis). Anyways , this was followed by my ice cream treat at the B & R , an uncalled and unexpected one though :P . Malted chocolate , World class chocolate and Tiramisu double scoops were resting in three waffle cones :D . They accompanied us ,on our further walk :P. And their end left us thinking of trying Naturals (but sadly , we did not go :( n Sushi is to be blamed for this  ) .

                                          

The evening was coming to an end . A well spent one, more so bcoz after a long time . We arrived at the CST station , and just when the thought of happy vacation days and evenings like these were running through my mind, an announcement of "Karjat" local was made , which unfortunately reminded me of my college .
 ( And unfortunately , we caught the same one :( :( ).

Chats these days , generally have the counter notification of no. of days left before the departure day. We wish to meet more no. of times to hangout and chat , but plans always do not fall into place.  

I wish the best of luck and success to both of my bros . U are bound on a new journey in an altogether different world . Hope the journey goes well , for it's the journey which counts. Success and the destination would surely be romancing each other and waiting for u at the end :). Success is all yours (this one is particularly for Su ) . 

P.S -- I am not done with my dream yet . So , catch u guys there , sometime in future soon ;) .